Dispensing device.



O. JAEGER.

DISPENSING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED Aua.22. 19w.

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Patented Apr. 29, 1919.

O. JAEGER.

DISPENSING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED AUG-22.19l7.

Patented Apr. 29,1919.

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DISPENSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-22.1917.

1,302,052; Patented Apr. 29,1919.

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Invenior m: .vmams PmERs 1:0.Puum-Llvlu. wAsumu-rwv. n. c.

or'romnenn, or ELKILN'S BARK, .rENNsYLv NIA, ASSIGNOR TO HARRY s.KELSEY, or

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Toall whom z't may concern: i

Be it known that "I, OTro J'AEGEr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elkins Park, in the county of 'Montgomery, State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and-useful Improvement inDispensing Devices, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing-"had to the accompanying drawings, for'minga part thereof. Myinvention relates to improvements in dispensing apparatus having acompartment for the articles to be dispensed and having an outletopening for the said articles and a doortontrolling the outletiopening.The object of my "invention is to provid anovel simple" and' 'efiicientmeans for movingfthe articles-tobe dispensed toward-or through theoutlet opening of thecompartinent; when the machine is operated, to aposition from which they may be conven- .ientl-yremoved by, hand; 1

With the andrelated objects in view, the

invention 6011513155511 e novel construction and combinations of partsheremafter fully described andclaimed. V.

' f "In" the accompanying drawings; illustratltus, on line.4c.-4 ofFig.1. a.

' 7 for the articles to be dispensed. The compartment 7 has an; outletopening 8m the front .wall thereof through which'the artiing myinventioni.

Figurel's a vertical sectionyonline 1' l of Fig. 3;. through adispensingapparatus door: for controllingxthe outlet .1 opening of -Ithecompartment'in the closed posit on, and the support for. the articlestobe dispensed in theinner positionirw" embodying my inventionandkshowing the Fig.2 is a View similar to Fig. -1, show ing thedoor inthe open positionand the article 'support in the outer position. 1 1.Fig; 3-is a'horiz ontal sectionof. the apparatus,on1ine-3 3of Fig:11.

Fig.4: isa vertical SGCtlOIL of the appara- Figs 5 and 6-.are verticalsections of; the apparatus on line 5-5 of Fig. 4, show1 ng the parts in1 positions 'correspondlng with the positions shown in; Figs. 1? and; 2,respectively.

F Referring to the. drawings,, 6 designates a frame.-.or casing-which.may be of any suitableshape and sizeforitslntended purpose. The casingfiincloses a compartment cles may be removedxfrom. the compartment, and ithas an inletopening 9 in the rear wall I specification of LettersPatent.

in walls 14- and 15 of the and ."the position shown weight 18 isreturned to the position shown 'in Fig. 5, the arm 20, resting againstthe .fside of the weight 18, will automatically reengage itself with thenotch 22 to hold the msrnnsnve DEVICE.

thereof through which the articles may be introduced to the compartment.

I The inlet opening 9 is normally closed by a doorl0 hinged at its upperedge to. the casing 6; and the outletopening 8 is normallyclosed by adoor 11 carried by a pair ofarms or brackets 12 projecting fixedly froma shaft 13 which ismounted to turn casing 6. The door 11 is thuspivotedto the casing 6 by means of the shaft 13, and the door 11 iscurved on lines struck from the axis of the shaft 13, whereby, when theshaft 13 is turned back and forth, the door 11 willbe moved from itsnormal or closed position, shown in Fig. 1, to its'open position, shownin Fig. 2, and back again. When the door 1'1 ismoved to its openposition, it engages the door 10 moves it outwardly to the {positionshown in Fig. 2, for a purpose hereinafter explained. I One end of theshaft 13 extends outwardly beyond the wall 14 and has a toothed sector16 secured thereon.

tor 16 areinmesh with the teeth of a rack The teeth of the secl7iwhichis secured to a 'weight 18. The weight 18 is in the form ofan oblong barand it is vertically slidable against the face of the wall 1% and isheld in place and guided byscrews 19 which extend through vertical slots20 in theweight 18 and which are screwed intothe wall 14. When theweight 18 is raised to theposition shown in Fig. 5it is adapted to beheld therein by an arm 20 which is pivoted, at 21, on the wall 14, andthe free end ofwhich engages a notch 22 in the weight. When the arm 20:is moved outwardly to clear the notch 22,

the weight 18 will descend by gravity to in Fig. 6, and when the weightin the elevated position.

The door 11,sector l6 and weight 18 are 'so relatively arranged thatwhen the weight is raised from the position shown in Fig. 6 to theposition shown in Fig. 5, the door 11 will be moved from the open to theclosed position; and that when the arm 20 is operated to release theweight 18 it will descend by gravity and move the door 11 from theclosed to the open position.

\Vithin the compartment 7 and forming m Patented Apr. 29, 12 19.Application filed August 22, 1917. Serial No. 187,527.

the floor thereof is a horizontal plate 23 V normal position, shown inFig. 1, out

through the outlet opening 8 of the compartment 7 to its outer position,shown in Fig. 2, and back again to its normal position; and the devicesfor thus moving plate 23 are as follows:

Secured to the bottom of the plate 23, near the respective sidesthereof, are rack bars 26 having teeth which mesh with the teeth of twopinions 27 on a shaft 28 which extends parallel to the shaft 13 andbetween the casing walls 14 and 15 and is adapted to turn therein. Theteeth of the pinions 27 are also'in mesh with the teeth of the twosectors 29 which are secured on the shaft 13, whereby, when the shaft 13is turned by the lowering of the weight 18 to the position shown in Fig.6, the supporting plate 23 will be projected out through the compartmentoutlet opening 8 from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shownin Fig. 2; and, when the weight 18 is raised to the position shown inFig. 5, the plate 23 will be returned to its normal position shown inFig. 1.

The invention is especially adapted for use in connection with vendingmachines, and particularly with vending machines of the class used inrestaurants or lunch rooms known as automate, and the operation thereof,briefly described, is asfollows:

The frame or casing 6 is adapted'to form part of the partition wallwhich separates the customers from theattendant of the apparatus, thedoor 11 opening on the side of the customers and the door 10 opening onthe side of the attendant.

The attendant opens the door 10 and places the article or articles to besold or dispensed within the compartment 7 and upon the plate or support23. In the drawings, 1 have shown a china plate 30 on the supportingplate 23, the china plate 30 being adapted to contain any article offood such as a piece of pie or cake and to be placed within thecompartment 7 by the attendant. I have shown an upwardly extending stopor bracket 31 secured on the rearward portion of the supporting plate 23and against which the china plate 30 may be placed to properly centerthe china plate upon the supporting plate 23.

.The article thus placed within the comit may be moved by suitablecoin-controlled tendant opens the door 10 and places a fresh 'nectingactuating devices between said shaft partment 7 is delivered to thecustomer purchasing the same by moving the arm 20 to release the weight18. The arm 20 maybe thus moved by hand by the attendant or mechanismoperated by the customer inserting the proper coin or coins into thesame. When the weight 18 is released it descends by gravity to theposition shown in Fig. 6, thereby raising or opening the delivery door11, and, at the same time moving the supporting plate 23, with the chinaplate 30 and article of food thereon, out through the outlet opening 8,the parts coming to rest in the position shown in Fig. 2, with the plate30 projected into a position to be conveniently removed from its support23 by the customer. 1

When the doorll is moved to the open position, as just described, itmoves the door 10 out to the position shown in Fig. 2, therebyindicating to the attendant that the compartment 7 is empty. Theattendant then raises the weight 18 and reengages the arm 20 with thenotch 22 to hold the weight elevated, thereby moving the supportingplate 23 back to the inner position and closing the door 11 and leavingthe parts in the position shown in Fig. 1'. This being done, theatarticle to be dispensed upon the supporting plate 23 within thecompartment 7v for a succeeding dispensing opera-tion.

I claim:

1. In a dispensing apparatus, a casing providing a compartment havingoppositely disposed outlet and inlet openings, a pair of parallelgrooved guiding bars at the base of the compartment, a platesupportedbetween said grooved guide bars and adapted to'be slidingly reciprocatedtherein to and from said outlet opening,'a pair of rack bars on theunder face of said plate, a transversely disposed rotatable'shaft, withcon- I10 and said rack bars, a pivotally mounted door, means to supportand move the door to open and close said outlet opening, connectingactuating devices between said doorsupporting means and said shaft,gravityactuated means normally inoperative, with means to release. thesame, to actuate said rotatable shaft, whereby coordinated motion isimparted to said plate-actuating means and door-operating means, in bothdirec tions. I

2. A dispensingapparatus comprising a casing prov ding a compartmenthaving an outlet opening, a horizontally disposed plate slidable to andfrom said outlet opening,

guiding devices for said plate, a pair of rack bars on theunder face ofsaid plate, a rotatable shaft extending transversely beneath said plateand mounted to turn in the casing, connecting actuating means between1,soa,oea i said rack bars and said shaft, a pivotally mounted doornormally closing said outlet opening, a bracket adapted to support saiddoor and having a hub end fixedly mounted on said shaft, means tonormally hold said shaft against operative rotation, and manuallyactuated devices to release said holding means and actuate said shaft;said elements being combined and coordinated whereby when said shaft isrotated to impart a rearward movement to the door to uncover said outletopening said supporting plate will be moved in the opposite direction inunison therewith.

3. In a dispensing apparatus, a casing providing a compartment for thearticles to be dispensed, said casing having an outlet opening, ahorizontally disposed supporting plate for said articles, slidable toand from said outlet opining, within the compartment, a shaft mounted toturn in the casing, a rack bar secured to the under face of saidslidable plate and operated by said shaft when turned to move said plateto and from said opening, connecting actuating devices between said rackbar and shaft, a door normally closing said opening, supporting meansfor said door connected to and carried by said shaft, a weight, means tomaintain said weight normally elevated and operative to release thesame, and connecting actuating devices between said weight and saidshaft, whereby when said weight is released said shaft will be turned toslide said supporting plate and to actuate said door.

'In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature this 21stday of August,

OTTO J AEGrER.

Witnesses:

H. T. FENToN, ALEXANDER PARK.

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